tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157318362014-10-04T20:11:22.955-07:00I'dRatherBeFlyingKen's Photoblog and Random (and not-so random) Thoughtskenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-8217243193060201372007-03-04T19:05:00.000-08:002007-03-04T19:14:42.581-08:00Alone<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/ReuJ87RCMjI/AAAAAAAAACk/lRR-XG55r94/s1600-h/Lone+Tree+-+St.+Helens+Summer+2005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038272287938327090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/ReuJ87RCMjI/AAAAAAAAACk/lRR-XG55r94/s400/Lone+Tree+-+St.+Helens+Summer+2005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Lone tree growing on slopes near Mt. St. Helens. This slope was not cleared by loggers. Instead, the forest that used to exist on this hillside was blasted away during the major eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1981.</span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-70687959734318620942007-03-03T12:04:00.000-08:002007-03-04T19:34:10.134-08:00Aurora Borealis<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RenU9rRCMhI/AAAAAAAAACQ/kLr_R3A9w54/s1600-h/Aurora+Borealis+over+Hudson+Bay.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037791814241890834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RenU9rRCMhI/AAAAAAAAACQ/kLr_R3A9w54/s400/Aurora+Borealis+over+Hudson+Bay.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">A couple of years ago, while on a flight to Europe, I enjoyed a spectacular display of the Aurora Borealis over Hudson Bay. I grabbed my old digital camera, shut off the flash, set it for about 1 second exposure, and attempted to take a picture of the Aurora. When I uploaded the photo at home, it looked like a dark photo with a very pale -- almost not visible foggy patch angling across the image. Didn't look anything like the Aurora I had seen. I'm not sure why I even saved the photo, but I did.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">This weekend, for some reason, I ran across this photo again and decided to try to enhance the lighting with Photoshop Elements. I used the Auto Levels command, and voila -- the beautiful green curtain-like Aurora appeared! Not bad for a night-time hand-held shot looking out the window of a commercial jet!</span></p>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-78687827819761207092007-02-09T17:03:00.000-08:002007-02-03T11:23:07.399-08:00Sky<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/Rc0agGg0TxI/AAAAAAAAACE/blMF7flAzVI/s1600-h/Costa+Rica+Sky.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029705497649106706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/Rc0agGg0TxI/AAAAAAAAACE/blMF7flAzVI/s400/Costa+Rica+Sky.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo Friday</span> </a>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-82420613981252569982007-02-02T20:04:00.000-08:002007-02-02T20:37:50.815-08:00Strange But Striking<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQKzhKTmuI/AAAAAAAAABI/K9XxoX2KOBQ/s1600-h/Maya+II+ff.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027154964243520226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQKzhKTmuI/AAAAAAAAABI/K9XxoX2KOBQ/s400/Maya+II+ff.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A couple of weeks ago, we spent the weekend in Scottsdale and happened to run across <a href="http://www.scottsdalepublicart.org/httpscottsdalepublicart.orgMAYAII.php" target="_blank">Maya II </a>at the Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts. Maya II is an installation by Jarvis Rockwell, consisting of a 14 foot tall pyramid covered with about 11,000 action figures and other miniatures! Below are several close-up details.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQNlxKTmvI/AAAAAAAAABQ/SCAjKPTXI1A/s1600-h/DSC_0031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027158026555202290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQNlxKTmvI/AAAAAAAAABQ/SCAjKPTXI1A/s400/DSC_0031.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQO4BKTmwI/AAAAAAAAABY/8pdSO02kCkU/s1600-h/DSC_0029cc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQO4BKTmwI/AAAAAAAAABY/8pdSO02kCkU/s400/DSC_0029cc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027159439599442690" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQPuxKTmxI/AAAAAAAAABg/OUUa9fcv-6A/s1600-h/DSC_0037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQPuxKTmxI/AAAAAAAAABg/OUUa9fcv-6A/s400/DSC_0037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027160380197280530" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQQ-hKTmyI/AAAAAAAAABo/7YWHUz-qD4o/s1600-h/BluesBros.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RcQQ-hKTmyI/AAAAAAAAABo/7YWHUz-qD4o/s400/BluesBros.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027161750291847970" /></a>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-80360801986627808872007-01-27T23:28:00.000-08:002007-01-27T23:33:11.048-08:00No Littering - And They Mean It!<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RbxRYPmgtFI/AAAAAAAAAA8/BMK_g8u1FEw/s1600-h/Don%27t+Litter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RbxRYPmgtFI/AAAAAAAAAA8/BMK_g8u1FEw/s400/Don%27t+Litter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024980761185399890" /></a>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-31703537584174592792007-01-13T21:50:00.000-08:002007-01-13T21:56:07.947-08:00Peaceful<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RanFUfGeQnI/AAAAAAAAAAw/XGfT4h4tUek/s1600-h/CR+Livestock+-+v2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019760215417832050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RanFUfGeQnI/AAAAAAAAAAw/XGfT4h4tUek/s400/CR+Livestock+-+v2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday</a></span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-90416972460338392512006-12-31T10:00:00.000-08:002007-01-10T08:49:55.589-08:00Best of 2006<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RZf7VXORJRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/wghRYEFOScU/s1600-h/Lizard+at+Manuel+Antonio+Park+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014753054530020626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RZf7VXORJRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/wghRYEFOScU/s400/Lizard+at+Manuel+Antonio+Park+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday's</a> end of year theme is "Best of 2006". I'm not sure if this is my "best" shot this year, but I do like how this one came out. Click on the photo for a larger view.</span></div>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-55113422612031119102006-12-22T16:46:00.000-08:002006-12-22T17:10:36.855-08:00Weather<span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RYx9rnORJQI/AAAAAAAAAAY/aS-YcNXfffw/s1600-h/Seattle+-+Lake+Union+Jan+2006+BW.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5011518673573192962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RYx9rnORJQI/AAAAAAAAAAY/aS-YcNXfffw/s400/Seattle+-+Lake+Union+Jan+2006+BW.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">A typical Seattle winter day. Dark, gray and overcast. Probably going to rain soon. Although Seattle's a great place to live, the truth is, I'd much rather be <a href="http://ratherbeflying.blogspot.com/2006/09/bright.html" target="_blank">here</a> than in Seattle during the winter!</span></div>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-49810917385136560722006-12-04T19:34:00.000-08:002006-12-04T19:41:43.488-08:00Stillness<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RXTpsjO2IrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s67KskBuLoI/s1600-h/Mangrove+swamp+2+-+Mar+2006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004882037496488626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_D3gGImFmnGc/RXTpsjO2IrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s67KskBuLoI/s400/Mangrove+swamp+2+-+Mar+2006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">A bit late for this past week's <a href="http://www.photofriday.com">Photo Friday</a>, but finally found some time to post this pic I shot while kayaking in the mangrove swamps.</span></div>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-72959801269387183392006-11-20T20:09:00.000-08:002006-11-20T20:40:08.946-08:00Evil<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3196/1920/1600/143680/Poland%20-%20Auschwitz%20II%20-%20barracks%20-B%26W.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/3196/1920/400/253269/Poland%20-%20Auschwitz%20II%20-%20barracks%20-B%26W.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">This week's <a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday </a>theme was "Evil". This photo was taken in a place where unspeakable evil happened. During our trip to Central Europe last year, we visited Auschwitz, not because it was a place that I wanted to see, but it was a place that I needed to visit. At first, I was hesitant to take any photographs there because it almost felt sacrilegious. But in the end, I did take a few, just so that I would remember what I saw there.</span></div><div></div>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1163210854556134542006-11-10T17:51:00.000-08:002006-11-10T18:07:34.566-08:00Rockfish<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Rockfish%201.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Rockfish%201.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">This week's <a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday </a>theme is <em>Gross.</em> Rockfish aren't attractive fish and they're not particularly gross -- but they do taste good! There is a certain grossness factor in this picture if you click on the picture for a larger view. Take a close look at the eyeball, if you dare! </span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1163007720323904662006-11-08T09:24:00.000-08:002006-11-08T09:42:00.526-08:00Blue Wave<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Blue%20Wave.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Blue%20Wave.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Two years ago, when I woke up the day after the 2004 election, I was certain that somehow we had all been transported to Bizarro World.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">So, last night as the election results were coming in, I almost forgot how to react when the results turned out the way I had hoped they would!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">But last night, I slept much better than I did two years ago, and I'm feeling even better this morning!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1162693976245792202006-11-04T18:26:00.000-08:002006-11-04T18:32:56.256-08:00Light<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Ship%20canal%20shadows.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Ship%20canal%20shadows.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday</a></span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1160539962431938452006-10-10T21:05:00.000-07:002006-10-10T21:12:42.443-07:00Thin<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/DSC_0136.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/DSC_0136.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday</a></span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1159750397058716402006-10-01T17:37:00.000-07:002006-10-01T17:53:17.076-07:00Anger<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Czech%20-%20Prague%20-%20Graffiti%201.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Czech%20-%20Prague%20-%20Graffiti%201.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo Friday</span> </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Graffiti spotted in Prague during our visit last September. Anyone out there know what this means? If so, please add comment! </span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1158538370933261392006-09-17T17:00:00.000-07:002006-09-17T17:12:50.960-07:00Bright<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/DSC_0157.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/DSC_0157.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com">Photo Friday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">A bright and sunny morning on the beach at Parque Nacional Marino Ballena near Uvita, Costa Rica during our recent visit. It's still the rainy season there, but most mornings, the weather was sunny like this with storm clouds building up in the distance. By mid afternoon, the storms moved in and we had big thunderstorms with torrential downpours. Later in the evenings, it cleared up again.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Our property, at about 1500 feet in the hills above Uvita looks out upon this beach which is also called the Whale's Tail. We've only been back in Seattle for a couple of days, but we're ready to go back to Costa Rica again!</span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1158535128392992112006-09-17T16:11:00.000-07:002006-09-17T16:18:48.420-07:00Back From Costa Rica<span style="font-family:arial;">We just got back from Costa Rica where we are preparing to build our vacation house. Just for grins, Bev and I made these short videos at our property overlooking the Pacific Ocean near the town of Uvita. The video quality is a bit sketchy, but I thought it would be fun to post here anyway!</span><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YojVoXRszIY" width="600" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RzoLsZZ9omY" width="600" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1157245372562763802006-09-02T17:56:00.000-07:002006-09-02T18:02:52.586-07:00Silver<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Slovenia%20-%20Piran%20-%20Sunset%205.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Slovenia%20-%20Piran%20-%20Sunset%205.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.photofriday.com"target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo Friday</span><br /></a>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1155414451037946222006-08-12T13:20:00.000-07:002006-08-12T13:43:46.910-07:00Four More<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Four%20Crocs.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Four%20Crocs.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Below the Tárcoles Bridge in Costa Rica. People stop their cars on either side of the bridge to walk across and look at the huge crocodiles down below on the banks of the river. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't give a sense as to how big these crocs really are. If the fall doesn't kill you ...</span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1155412670496051712006-08-12T12:55:00.000-07:002006-08-12T13:44:25.946-07:00Four<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Four%20Rocks.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Four%20Rocks.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I couldn't decide which photo to use for this week's Photo Friday. So I published both this one and another one entitled <em>Four More</em>. <a href="http://ratherbeflying.blogspot.com/2006/08/four-more.html">Click here to see <em>Four More</em>.</a></span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1154757053146600892006-08-04T22:46:00.000-07:002006-08-04T22:50:53.156-07:00Private<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Czech%20-%20Prague%20-%20Bunker.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Czech%20-%20Prague%20-%20Bunker.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank">Photo Friday</a></span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1154140836542405642006-07-28T19:34:00.000-07:002006-07-28T19:40:36.560-07:00Smile For the Camera<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/San%20Pedro%20digging%20for%20crabs.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/San%20Pedro%20digging%20for%20crabs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This week's <a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target ="_blank">Photo Friday </a>theme is <strong>Portrait</strong>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">In the interest of "full disclosure", this photo was taken by Bev. But I like this one very much, and I've been looking for an excuse to post it!</span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1152937147420178902006-07-14T21:13:00.000-07:002006-07-15T07:04:31.436-07:00Remarkable<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/Crab.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/Crab.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo Friday</span><br /></a>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1152316874724750722006-07-07T16:48:00.000-07:002006-07-07T20:28:52.463-07:00Summer<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/DSC_0121.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/DSC_0121.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.photofriday.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo Friday</span><br /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It felt like summer when we visited Playa Hermosa, near Uvita, Costa Rica this past March. We can see parts of this beautiful and nearly deserted beach from our property, about 15 minutes away by car in the hills overlooking the Pacific.</span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731836.post-1151725010600162372006-06-30T20:26:00.000-07:002006-06-30T21:01:20.933-07:00Goodbye Five Zero Romeo<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/1600/DSC_0186.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7311/1465/400/DSC_0186.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This spring, I made the decision to sell the old Cessna. I had very mixed feelings about that decision, and went back and forth between hoping I'd find a buyer soon just to get it over with and hoping that it would take a while to find a buyer so that I'd be able to continue flying it. Fortunately and unfortunately, I did find a buyer and last week, I gave him the keys and off he flew with Five Zero Romeo! I felt quite forlorn as a watched them fly away!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I don't think the idea that it's gone has really sunk in yet, although I know that tomorrow morning, I won't be able to just run up to the airport, hop in the plane, fly around the San Juans and stop at Friday Harbor for lunch! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I'm not giving up on flying for good, although Bev and I have a new project we're both excited about. We're preparing to build our little vacation cabaña on the property we bought near Dominical, Costa Rica. In September, we're going back to meet with the builder and hopefully, we'll get construction started this winter.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span>kenphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810321741687058207noreply@blogger.com1